Clothes-line hanger.



LSCHWART'Z & L. LIEBMAN.

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Patented Dee.`25,1917.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT `rnrEicE'.

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OF ASTORIA, .ANDA LOUIS LIEBMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

\ CLOTHES-LINE HANGER.

Specication of Letters Iatent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application led February 12, 1917. Serial No. 148,086.

hanger and more particularly to that type of clothes line hangers which are adapted for use in tenements or other crowded districts in cities where clothes are placed on a line from a window, the line being attached at one end to a suitable device placed adjacent the window, and at the other end to a pulley suitably secured to a pole or. other similar support. We are aware that heretofore various devices have been suggested for making it ossible to attach the clothes to the line inslde the room so that it is unnecessary to lean out of the window, or in bad lweather to expose the person to the elements in the act of hanging the clothes on the line, and it is more especially to this latter 'type of clothes line hangers that our present invention relates.

` In clothes line hangers of this type with -which we are aware it has been necessary to so construct the brackets or other parts as to make them adapted to be secured to one or the other side of a window casing; that is, it is customary to make these clothes line hangers in which a swinging. arm is employed in rights and lefts depending .upon the side of the window to which the bracket is to be attached. The object of our present invention is primarily to overcome this disadvantage by the provision of a simply constructed bracket so made that the Swingin arm may be mounted with either side up 1n the bracket provided therefor depending of course upon which side of the window frame the clothes line hanger is to In carrying out our invention we employ a. bracket adapted to be secured to the frame of a window and having an extension and a removable cap in which bearings are prov vided for a pin upon which the swinging arm is mounted, so that by the removal of the :cap the arm may be turned to bring the top side thereof uppermost depending upon which side of the window the clothes line hanger is to be used.l We also employ suitable means or maintaining the swinging arm in its position for use outside of the window and also for maintaining it in a fixed position within the window while the clothes are beingsecured to the line as well as devices preferably formed of part of the pivot pin to serve as guides for the clothes line. All of this will be hereinafter more particularly described, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which.

Figure 1 is a plan and a partial section illustrating our improved clothes line hanger.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the clothes line hanger showing the same in the position assumed when inside the room and in place for the clothes to be attached to the line.

' Fig. 3 is -a similar view showing the swinging arm in its intermediate position.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the bracket, and

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the cap employed in conjunction therewith.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that in carrying' out our invention we employ a bracket member 10. In suitable positions this is provided with bolt holes 11, through which .the screws 12 may be passed in order to secure the bracket in position to the window casing 13 which is set in the usual manner in the wall 111 of the house. The bracket 10 is provided with a bifurcated extension 15. In the inner face of one end 16 thereof there is a bearing recess 17, while similarly in the inner face of the other end 18 thereof, there is a bearing recess 19, these bearing recesses being in alinement with one another. Exteriorly the end 16 of the bifurcated extension is provided with a rib 20 and the end 18 with a rib 21. In both these ribs there are similarly located notches which are indicated by 22. The extension 15 is also provided with bolt holes 23, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.

Associated with th@ brnket l() and more particularly with the 'extension thereof we employ a removable cap 24. This is also bifurcated to correspond with the ends of the extension of the bracket 10 and one end 25 of the cap is provided on its inner face with a bearing recess 26, while similarly the other end 27 of the cap is provided with a bearing recess 28, the bearing recesses 26 and 28 being also in alinement and adapted with the coresponding bearing recesses 17 and 19 to form a bearin for the pivot pin as hereinafter describe On its outer face the end of the cap is provided with a rib 29, and the vend 27 with a similar rib 30. In these ribs 29 and 30 there are similarly laced notches indicated at 31. The cap 24 1s furthermore provided with bolt holes 32 placed in positions corresponding to the bolt holes 23 in order that bolts 32 may be passed through these bolt holes to secure the cap in position to the bracket extension.

We also employ a swinging arm indicated at 33. One end of this arm is provided with a hub 34 adapted to lit within Athe ends of the bifurcated extension and its cap member when in position. In this hub 34 there is a pin 35 adapted to be received in the bearings formed by the recesses 17 and 26, and 19 and 28. rIhe end of the pin 35 on the upper side ofthe swinging arm 33 is bent to provide a loop1-36 through which the clothes line is guided as indicated in Fig. 3, while the opposite end of the pin 35 is bent to provide a hook 37 over which the clothes line is placed when the arm is swung to its operative position in order to maintain the line in a taut condition to adequately support, the clothes. At the opposite end of the swinging arm 33 we employ a roller 38 which is mounted in the arm by means of a bolt 39 or otherwise, and as indicated inthe drawing, in the use of the hanger the clothes line passes over this roller 38.

On the under side of the swinging lever 33, and adjacent the hub end thereof we employ lugs 40 in which there is pivotally mounted a lever 41, the pivotal point being indicated at 42. The inner end of this lever is adapted to bear against the ribs on the bracket extension of the cap and to fall within the notches in these ribs to maintain the swinging arm both in its extended position for use outside of the window and also in a fixed position insideof the window while the clothes are being secured to the line. In order to secure the lever in position in which the swinging arm is locked, we may also employ a latch 43 pivotally mountedas indicated at 44 adjacent the free end of the lever 41. This may be swung by the linger of the operator to the position shown in Fig. 2 in which it wedges against the under side of the swinging arm to maintain the lever in its locked position. When unlocked this latch and lever assume the position which is clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

In the operation of this apparatus the lever may be raised and the swinging arm moved through the window into the room and the lower side of the clothes line which is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 at 45 may be removed from the hook 37. In this position the parts are indicated in Fig. 2, and the clothes may be readily attached to a line, after which the line is suitably moved to run the clothes out of the window, and when the line is lilled or all the clothes to be dried placed thereon, the lever may be lifted again, the lower side of the clothes line placed over the hook 37, and the swinging arm moved out of the window and into the useful position in which the lever drops into the opposite or outmostnotch to lock the swinging arm in its position for use. Now as will be apparent, instead of making this clothesline hanger in rights and lefts, the device may be adjusted to be placed on either side'of a window frame. As indicated in the drawing, it is shown on the left hand side, and in order to adapt the hanger for attachment to the right hand side, the cap 24 is removed, the swinging arm and its pin turned and placed in the opposite position in the bifurcated extension of thel bracket, and the cap replaced.

that the swinging arm 33 may be made of any desired length and that the entire xture may be made of cast metal or stamped metal or of any suitable material.

We claim as our invention:

`1. A clothes line hanger' comprising a bracket adapted to be placed either sideup and having a bifurcated extension in the ends of which there are bearings and on the exterior of which there are also notched ribs, a bearing cap removably secured to the bifurcated extension and also having a bearing therein and notched ribs on the exterior thereof, a swinging arm journaled in the bearings in the bifurcated extension of the bracket and the bearing cap, and a lever pivotally mounted on the underside of the said swinging arm and adapted at one end to engage the notches in the ribs on the underside of the bracket and bearing ca to maintain the said swinging arm in its Xed positions.

2. A clothes line hanger comprising a bracket adapted to be placed either side up and having a bifurcated extension in the ends of which there are bearings and on the exterior of which there are also notched of the smid lever and adapted to engage the underside of the said swinging arm to lf2-fla the lever 111 position.

LOUIS SC-HYVRTZ. 'LGU 1S LIEBMAN.

Signed by us this 8th day of Febr-muy, 

